Do trust in the things you love

Watch this talk. Mickey Smith. “If I can only scrape a living, at least it will be a living worth scraping” Beautiful life affirming stuff.

Mickey Smith Mickey Smith

Photographer, film maker & surfer

34 Responses to “Do trust in the things you love”

  1. Todd

    Ive had the pleasure of knowing Mick for a number of years, we made music, movies, partied, chilled out, worked but best of all grown up together. Every step of the way and inspiration.

  2. Tears of love and inspiration flowed as I listened to the ‘itchy boy’. Seldom, if ever, do you see the manifestation of completely real in a human being. Micky Smith is the very best of nature. The video is breath-taking and has left me speechless. I’ve been touched by an angel.

  3. dan

    awesome! a version with english subtitle would be so amazing!

    • Dom P

      Is this Danger Dan by any chance ?!??!?…..
      Watch out for the forthcoming re-edited version with the subtitles!
      On a serious note, Mickey’s work is and has been from the start OUTSTANDING!… A pretty special human being !…

  4. Ive been lucky enough to know a few people like Micky, and all of them are among my very favorite people I have ever met. Rock on Micky.

  5. guy is amazingly open and natural – this is cool – that’s what you get from wild,nature,lack of hitec crowd and inspiration that is given by a nature….sometimes we forget about this…. especially in big metropolis..

  6. Dana

    Awesomely inspirational!!!

  7. Morris

    Respect Mickey. Awesome words, amazing work and well deserving of coverage.

  8. Dom P

    I have showed Mickey’s film to my teenage daughter and she was really moved… I, personally was not only moved but humbled too… I also surf, love the Ocean and am passing this on to my kids… I will show them the film and want to get it showed at their school, too many kids are confused nowadays… they need inspiration… Thanks for sharing the stoke Mickey.

  9. Margie

    Mickey is a legend – humble and honest. I’m gonna bust out my copies of ABC and against the grain and watch them again.

  10. Eileen Murtha Brown

    truly living the pursuit of Happiness, wonderfully interesting & inspiring talk thank you ! :-)

  11. tony davidson

    the best work is when it comes from the heart.

  12. As a struggling musician from Dorset, i totally understand that mold he’s talking about as it was the same for me.

  13. Nicole

    Mickey Smith made me smile. Genuine guy. Beautiful.

  14. Shaun

    Mickey-

    You put into words some of my thoughts. I often run long distances in the mountains of Utah and have a hard time describing my passion to others. Thanks for giving me hope and ideas on how to express the feelings I have in a way people might understand. “If there’s no future in it, at least it’s a present worth remembering.” Well said!

    Continue to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life!

    -Shaun

  15. Matlin L.

    Life changing speech…You put all my thoughts into words. You’re a chill genuine dude, who knows what he loves. Glad you found it the way you did. I can’t thank you enough for the inspiration. People like you can change the world, and hopefully one day I’ll be one of you too.

    -go with the flow-

  16. This video is absolutely beautiful, and M is an inspiration to us all for doing the things he loves.

  17. ScaredyCat

    Your site doesn’t render at all in Chrome (completely blank page chrome ver 16.0.912.75).

    Had to come back to that POS firefox to get here :(

    • Hello,
      Very strange we’ll look into that. It runs fine on Mac OSX on the very same version of Chrome for me? But we’ll take a look.

  18. Iona-Kathryn

    Absoloutley fantastic. He makes you step back and look at the bigger picture. So humble and down to earth. Really inspirational and a beautiful person.

  19. What a brilliant, inspiring artist. Dark Side of the Lens pretty nearly had me in tears it’s so good. Every so often something stops me in my tracks. Thanks Mickey.

  20. Dang Sering

    Watched “Dark Side of the Lens” last year, but had no idea he was invited to speak at Do Lectures, until now. What a treat to see him speak about his passion once again. He just seems to have the right words. Excellent and very moving talk and film. :)

  21. Lyn

    That was really special

  22. colesy

    Mick-

    So glad I stumbled upon this! Such a amazing talk, done us South West boys proud! I hope one day I can be content as you. Hope to see you over summer.

  23. Hedley

    Truly inspiring. Thankyou Mick

  24. sandy coffey

    breathtaking.
    my favorite Do Lecture so far.

  25. Johnny O'Hara

    Saw an ocean vid that Micky in West of Ireland on magic seaweed and was one of the most beautiful, poetic, heartfelt pieces of film art that I’ve ever scene!! Breathtaking beauty and very unique observations and passion! Micky Smith is a rare find in this modern age! Cheers to u brutha!!

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